bell: [OE] The Old English word was belle. Apart from Dutch bel it has no relatives in the other main European languages (many of them use words related to English clock for ‘bell’: French cloche, for instance, and German glocke). It has been speculated that it may be connected with the verb bell, used of the baying call made by a hound or stag, which itself is perhaps related to bellow, a descendant of a hypothetical Old English *belgan. The ultimate source may possibly be the same as for bellows. => bellow
bell (n.)
Old English belle, common North Sea Germanic (cognates: Middle Dutch belle, Middle Low German belle) but not found elsewhere in Germanic (except as a borrowing), from PIE root *bhel- (4) "to sound, roar." Statistical bell curve was coined 1870s in French. Of glasses in the shape of a bell from 1640s. Bell pepper is from 1707, so called for its shape. Bell, book, and candle is a reference to a form of excommunication. To ring a bell "awaken a memory" (1934) is perhaps a reference to Pavlovian experiments.
bell (v.)
"attach a bell to," late 14c., from bell (n.). Related: Belled; belling. Allusions to the story of the mice that bell the cat (so they can hear him coming) date to 1520s.
例文
1. They skip rope and play catch，waiting for the bell .
彼らは縄跳びをしたり、キャッチボールをしたりして、授業のベルが鳴るのを待っています。
2.The door was opened before she could ring the bell .
彼女はチャイムを押す暇もなくドアを開けた。
3.He bounded up the steps and pushed the bell of the door.
彼は階段を飛び上がってドアベルを押した。
4.An old-fashioned bell tinkled as he pushed open the door.
彼がドアを開けると、古い時計がブンブンと鳴り出した。
5.When the bell rings,more than 1000 children spill from classrooms.